Rail-splice.



PATENTED JULY 21, 1908.

W. D. MCKEOWN.

RAIL SPLICE. APPLICATION FILED JAIL-19, 1907.

vwenhw WILLIAM D. McKEOWN, OF OLEX, OREGON.

RAIL-SPLICE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented, July 21, 1908.

Application filed January 19, 1907. I Serial No. 353,115.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. MoKEowN, a citizen of the United States, residing at OleX, in the county of Gilliam and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-splices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rail splices and one of the principal objects of the same is, to provide strong, durable and eflicient means for splicing the ends of rails without the use of extraneous means.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and particularlyp ointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rail splice made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a plane View of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 44, Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates one end of one of the rails and 2 is the end of the other rail. The end 1 is provided with a tread. portion 3 having a shoulder 3, a thin web portion 4 and a flange 5, a shoulder 6 being formed at some distance from the terminal end of the tread portion 3 as shown more particularly in Fig. 3. The rail end 2, is provided with an enlarged or thickened web portion 7 which fits under the shoulder 3, and against the shoulder 6 and has a flange portion 8 corresponding to the flange of the member 1.

I wish it to be understood that the upper edge of the web 7 fits under the shoulder of the tread 3, has one of its sides in continuous contact with one side of the web 4, and the opposite side of the web 7, is flush or in line with one side of the tread 3.

At the meeting ends of the rails the web 1 portion of the splice is enlarged at 9 to provide an increased thickness of material at the splice and this enlarged portion 9 is beveled OK as at 10 to its junction with the web of the rail. Bolts 11 pass through the web portions 4 and 7 at the ends of the rail sections to hold the same firmly in position.

From the foregoing it will be seen that without the use of fish plates a rail splice made in accordance with my invention will efficiently hold the ends of the rails together and not permit them to spread or become displaced, the thickened portions of the web of the splice serving to give additional strength at the points most needed and to do away entirely with fish plates or other splice bars.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

The herein described rail splice comprising two abutting members, one of which is provided on one end with a tread having a squared shoulder on its under face, and a shoulder formed in the web portion and flange of the rail, said shoulder being arranged beyond the terminal end of said tread, the other member having at one end an enlarged web portion having its end contacting with the shoulder of the web portion and flange of the rail of the first mentioned member, said enlarged web portion having a squared upper edge serving to contact with the squared shoulder on the under face of said tread, the outer face of said enlarged web being arranged in alinement with the outer face of said tread, and bolts for securing said abutting members together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. MoKEOWN Witnesses DAN MoOARTY, SETH DIOKEY. 

